TED演讲:修饰语滥用对写作的危害(1)

This just in: Thief robs town with world's largest chocolate bunny. 最新消息：窃贼洗劫了城镇（有/用）世界上最大的巧克力兔子。 Wait, so are we talking about this, or this? 等等，我们是在讨论这个，还是这个？

TED演讲:为什么受惊吓那么好玩(1)

Somewhere right now, people are lining up to scare themselves, maybe with a thrill ride or horror movie. 此时此刻，世界上的某个地方，人们正排着队的体验恐惧或许是刺激的游乐设施，或许是恐怖电影。 In fact, in

TED演讲:为什么受惊吓那么好玩(2)

Other normal physical differences explain why some may love the dizziness associated with a loop-de-loop, 另外的一些正常生理现象的区别则解释了为何有些人喜爱转圈带来的眩晕感， while loathing the stomach-drop sensation

TED演讲:婚姻的历史(2)

Mesopotamian prayers included blessings for such couples, 美索不达米亚的祷文中包括了为同性夫妻进行祝福， while Native American Two-Spirit individuals had relationships with both sexes. 而美洲印第安的双灵人与两种性别

TED演讲:你能解开爱因斯坦之谜吗(3)

Now that the only spot in the grid without a cigar and a drink is in the fifth column, 现在只剩下一栋房子的主人还不知道喝什么饮料，抽什么雪茄，也就是第五栋房子， that must be the home of the person in clue twelve.

TED演讲:怎样选择适合你的防晒霜(1)

Sunscreen comes in many forms, each with its own impacts on your body and the environment. 防晒霜有很多种，每种对你的身体和环境影响各有不同。 With so many options, how do you choose which sunscreen is best for you? 有了这么

TED演讲:是什么赋予了钞票价值(1)

If you tried to pay for something with a piece of paper, you might run into some trouble. 如果你想要用一张纸来支付什么东西，你大概会遇到些麻烦。 Unless, of course, the piece of paper was a hundred dollar bill. 当然，除非

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(1)

Have you ever daydreamed about traveling through time, perhaps fast forward in the centuries and seeing the distant future? 你曾白日梦过穿越时空吗？或者穿越到几百年之后及看到遥远未来？ Well, time travel is possible, and

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(2)

What would Jill, standing on the platform, see through the window as the train whistles through? 这个时候站在月台上的吉尔会透过窗口所看到是什么？ Well, between Jack dropping the ball and catching it again, 在杰克扔下球和接

TED演讲:时空穿越是可能的吗?(3)

But the faster you go, the more time dilates. 但是行驶的速度越快，时间的膨胀越多。 For astronauts orbiting the Earth for 800 days, it starts to add up. 如果宇航员们环绕地球800天，其影响就会明显。 But what affects

TED演讲:是什么赋予了钞票价值(2)

But to keep the Fed from being influenced by the day-to-day vicissitudes of politics, 为了使美联储不受变幻莫测的政治因素影响， it is not under the direct control of any branch of government. 它不受任何政府部门的直接控制

TED演讲:著名的绿眼逻辑难题(3)

Carl thinks, If I have non-green eyes, Adria and Bill were just watching each other, Carl想：如果我不是绿眼睛，Adria和Bill只会互看彼此， and will now both leave on the second night. 然后两人将会在第二个晚上离开。 But

TED演讲:你能解开桥之谜题吗(1)

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. 在深山里的实验室中实习，可能不是一个好主意。 Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn't so smart, either, 拉

TED演讲:你能解开桥之谜题吗(2)

At first it might seem like no matter what you do, 一开始，你可能会认为无论怎么试， you're just a minute or two short of time, but there is a way. 始终会差个一、两分钟，但确实是有办法的。 The key is to minimize the

TED演讲:你能解开囚犯帽子谜题吗(1)

You and nine other individuals have been captured by super intelligent alien overlords. 你和其他九个人被高智商的外星人统治者俘虏了。 The aliens think humans look quite tasty, but their civilization forbids eating highly logical

TED演讲:你能解开囚犯帽子谜题吗(3)

But she only sees one, so she deduces that her hat is also black. 但是她只看到了一个，所以她推测出自己的也是黑帽子。 Prisoners five through nine are each looking for an odd number of black hats, 第五个人至第九个人每个

TED演讲:著名的绿眼逻辑难题(1)

Imagine an island where 100 people, all perfect logicians, are imprisoned by a mad dictator. 想像一下，有座岛上住着100位居民，他们每一个都是优秀的逻辑学家，却被一位邪恶的独裁者所监禁。 There's no escape, ex

TED演讲:著名的绿眼逻辑难题(2)

But on the hundredth morning after your visit, all the prisoners are gone, each having asked to leave the previous night. 但是在你拜访之后的第一百个早上，所有的居民都离开了，每一位居民，都在前一天晚上要求离开。

TED演讲:我们为什么要排气(1)

Flatulence, or passing gas, is a normal daily phenomenon. 胀气，或者放屁，是正常的日常现象。 Most individuals, yes, that includes you, 大多数人，是的，这包括你， will make anywhere from 500-1500 milliliters of gas and ca

TED演讲:我们为什么要排气(2)

But methane is actually odorless, too. 但是甲烷也是无味的。 Well then, what stinks? 那么，什么东西这么臭？ The foul smell is usually due to volatile sulfur compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide and methanethiol, or methyl mercaptan